'Between 1995 and 2016, the number of independent bookshop members in the BA dropped from 1,894 to 867 as the industry faced stiff competition from Amazon and financial pressures from business rate hikes. However, with the ongoing resurgence that figure reached 1,072 in 2022, a net increase of 45 on the tally of 1,027 for 2021.'

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